DIY car bike carrier

[Borriz]

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Here goes. It cost me R150 buck but fortunately got the clamps for free from LBS.

I basically made a DIY project from this and the most difficult aspect was the angle of the clamps and I wanted downward pressure applied on the tyre.

For security I pull standard cable lock through rollbar, front wheel and frame.

I have subsequently upgraded to double cab. The design and layout remains the same. You can either open the back flap or just place the back wheels on the flap rim.

 

[DustSupp]

Hi Boriz,

 

Great concept, how is the "bike holder" attached to the roll bar.

 

Thanks

[Dicky DQ]

another easy one is to get a piece of flat metal about 60mm x 5mm  then go to Sportsmans Wearhouse or your bike shop and get the bicycle skewer brackets. (Those things that you find on the pro trailer racks) attache them to the piece of flat metal and bob's your aunti.

 

Put it flat on the floor of your bukie and remove the front wheel and place the fork in the skewer clamp.

 

This allows for at least 2 bikes to fit in a corsa bukie with a canopy on. the nice thing is you can take it out when you don't need it.

 

 

 

 

[Justin]

another easy one is to get a piece of flat metal about 60mm x 5mm? then go to Sportsmans Wearhouse or your bike shop and get the bicycle skewer brackets. (Those things that you find on the pro trailer racks) attache them to the piece of flat metal and bob's your aunti.

 

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Put it flat on the floor of your bukie and remove the front wheel and place the fork in the skewer clamp.

 

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This allows for at least 2 bikes to fit in a corsa bukie with a canopy on. the nice thing is you can take it out when you don't need it.

 

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How do you fasten the flat piece of metal to the bakkie? Dont the bikes slide around and ultimately fall over?

[Dicky DQ]

No they dont, and the bike can't fall over as it has it's fork clamped in the skewer.

also rember the bar runs across the width of the bukie.

 

[Dicky DQ]

sorry this is a rough artist impression:

 

[Borriz]

The funny thing is that the single cab and double cab's rollbars differ. There are holes punched into the metal of the single cab, but not the double cab. For the single cab I basically drilled holes through the square bar and filled the gaps with washers and then attached to the rollbar. Unfortunately I had to drill holes in the double cab's rollbar for this purpose.

 

As for Dick's post. That will work. I just don't want to remove wheels - cause they end up being left behind plus with mountain bikes you stand the chanse of touching the break levers and hence break fluid leaking out.

 

What is not shown in the pic are the little tie down and gap fillers. Just additional features to secure the bike and iliminating unneccsary damage.

[Flowta]

 

The funny thing is that the single cab and double cab's rollbars differ. There are holes punched into the metal of the single cab' date=' but not the double cab. For the single cab I basically drilled holes through the square bar and filled the gaps with washers and then attached to the rollbar. Unfortunately I had to drill holes in the double cab's rollbar for this purpose.

 

As for Dick's post. That will work. I just don't want to remove wheels - cause they end up being left behind plus with mountain bikes you stand the chanse of touching the break levers and hence break fluid leaking out.

 

What is not shown in the pic are the little tie down and gap fillers. Just additional features to secure the bike and iliminating unneccsary damage.

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hahaha, friend of mine did that when he went to knysna this year. Got all the way there and then realised both his wheels were standing outside his garage in Cape Town. Luckily when his flat mate got home they were still there

 

[Guest Iron]

Some pics of a caddy i made a while back , works for me as i could not put the bike inside when going away, its strong as hell. if you design it properly with gusets in the correct places it will last for ever . this is the second one i have made ,the last one is now be used by a mate and its about 15 years old.

[bradjackson]

Some pics of a caddy i made a while back ' date=' works for me as i could not put the bike inside when going away, its strong as hell. if you design it properly with gusets in the correct places it will last for ever . this is the second one i have made ,the last one is now be used by a mate and its about 15 years old.

 

 

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Aha, thanks Iron

 

 

 

This is the sort of thing I am looking for.

 

I need the space in the back of my bakkie for packing other stuff, so I need something which allows the bikes to be mounted outside.

 

 

 

It looks like yours just bolts onto the plate where the tow-ball usually attaches. And you say this is strong enough?

 

I was thinking I would have to figure out a more substantial mounting to the underside of the chassis. Your design will simplify things a lot.

 

 

[Guest Iron]

Bradjackson , pm me your email i will send more pics aswell as dimentions , as for how strong it is , well i can sit on the extreme end with no problems or bending and im 70kg so its more than ok for a 10kg odd bike,